Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1341: summary

Archaeological evaluation at the former Horkesley Green Nursery, London Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4BD: July-November 2018
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Ben Holloway, Emma Holloway )

Date report completed: November 2018
Location: The former Horkesley Green Nursery, London Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4BD
Map reference(s): TL 9725 3220
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Project type: Evaluation
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Summary. An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching (thirty-two trenches) was undertaken at the former Horkesley Green Nursery, London Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex following the removal of the existing glasshouses and ancillary buildings and prior to their replacement with a new residential scheme comprising 18 private dwellings and four affordable dwellings. Two pits/treethrows, five natural features, a ditch terminus, four pits and eleven ditches were uncovered. None of these features could be accurately dated as no finds were recovered during excavations. It is possible, however, that some of the ditches represented the remains of post-medieval field boundaries depicted on the tithe map of the area compiled during 1831-51.